By Olivia Alveshere Staff Writer The Anoka-Hennepin School Board has selected Nicole Hayes to join its ranks. Hayes will be sworn in at the start of Feb. 23 board meeting. Little more than a month after longtime Board Member Scott Wenzel’s death Nov. 8, District 5 residents were invited to apply f...Read More

By Olivia Alveshere Staff Writer After more than a year of hard work, Anoka-Hennepin is the first school district in the state to be named a Seizure Smart School District by the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota. Several individual schools in the district had been designated as “Seizure Smar...Read More

by Chris Chesky – Murphy News Service The busy winter high school sports season is winding down, and the many state tournaments are beginning throughout Minnesota. Here’s a run down on the upcoming tournaments. Boys and Girls Nordic Skiing The state boys and girls Nordic skiing races wil...Read More

In a packed Minnesota State High School League board room in Brooklyn Center on Thursday, the league Board of Directors passed a policy to guide member schools regarding male-to-female transgender students. “What the board did was just respond to questions that had come from member schools about e...Read More

Champlin Park among schools impacted by district’s decision By OLIVIA KOESTER ABC Newspapers Under Anoka-Hennepin’s middle school acceleration policy, revised in the fall of 2013, 35 requests for middle school students to play on high school teams were granted this past year. “I think we were ...Read More

by Olivia Koestner ABC Newspapers Under Anoka-Hennepin’s middle school acceleration policy, revised in the fall of 2013, 35 requests for middle school students to play on high school teams were granted this past year. “I think we were a little shocked at first with what seemed to be a large numb...Read More

By Olivia Koester Staff Writer After hearing nearly an hour of testimony, primarily in response to recommendations from District 11’s anti-bullying and anti-harassment task force, the Anoka-Hennepin School Board Aug. 25 shuffled those recommendations to an internal leadership team for revie...Read More

By Olivia Koester Staff Writer Anoka-Hennepin has expelled fewer students in recent years. Seven years ago, the district hit a record high, expelling 133 students during the 2006-2007 school year. Two years ago, 100 students were expelled by the board, and now, that number has been nearly hal...Read More